A study shows European organisations are shifting their cyber security investment from traditional prevention and protection to detection and response capabilities – but the pace of change is much greater in some organisations than others.

The study, conducted by Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), shows many realise cyber attacks are inevitable – but why are most organisations falling way behind the more enlightened front runners?

While most organisations acknowledge that traditional security approaches fail to deal with the latest threats – with many acknowledging that antivirus systems catch only 30% to 50% of malware – they are still spending, on average, 77% of their security budgets on a traditional prevent and protect approach, using endpoint systems and firewalls.

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